Most of us in the gamer world witnessed Microsoft ultimately fail at its pitch of an all digital, always connected future at E3 with their new flagship console, the Xbox One. Some took to the internet to complain and give their opinion on how Microsoft is stupid, out of touch with its fan base, money-hungry A-holes, and whatever else you can say when you are faceless and you think someone is listening. Since then, all of the policies have been reversed and it now has the same ecosystem as the Xbox 360. You got what you wanted you animals.
The hatred has since continued with massive amounts of irrational morons flocking to get their two-cents in on the interwebs. “Micosoft is having production problems and won’t launch on time.” “Playstation 4 pre-orders are up 5:1 on Xbox One.”I don’t want Kinect watching me masterbate to clown porn!” “PSN is better than Xbox Live!”
For some, this is just a matter of preference, since you will now be paying for your precious PSN. Sony will now have the funds to significantly overhaul its (totally inferior) network. Yes, I said inferior. Any sane and knowledgeable gamer (or smart person) knows that network will fail if it stays free. As a fan of all things video games, and a writer, I refuse to be biased or pick sides (I do prefer offset thumbsticks on my controller) regardless of my preference. However, I will absolutely defend the guys taking the punches when they are are being thrown by small-minded idiots.
I love Sony, Microsoft, and the many publishers and developers that bring these incredible characters and worlds to life for us to enjoy. That is what its about. That is all it should ever be about. Support what you love to do. Support the people who have a passion and work hard to deliver a unique experience for us to enjoy. All the bickering just undermines the hard people put into these things.
Part of our culture is always having a choice. We have the choice to not buy shit we don’t want. I don’t go to the store, buy some Cheerios, go home and eat them, then jump on the internet and say, “Cheerios you are fucking stupid for making Chocolate Cheerios!” “The regular Cheerios are all everybody wants!” “Fuck you Cheerios for trying to change shit”! This is ridiculous, and a reality.
Both consoles are different enough this generation that both will offer a different experience. Its up to you to decide which one is for you. Both have pros and cons. Both have amazing hardware under the hood and with their respective cloud services they will be able to push even farther (Sony will have their cloud running sometime in 2014). It doesn’t mean that one of them is fucking Satan!
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